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A 2022 Government Accountability Office review found the Navy had spent more than $28 billion in constant fiscal 2019 dollars to develop and build...
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A 2022 Government Accountability Office review found the Navy had spent more than $28 billion in constant fiscal 2019 dollars to develop and build...
Nineteen former US Navy Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates are in service under foreign flags — eight in Turkey, four in Egypt, two each in...
The Navy commissioned USS Sioux City in November 2018 and decommissioned her in August 2023, four years and nine months later. The $362 million...
The Littoral Combat Ship was pitched to Congress as an affordable, mission-swapping warship at $220 million per hull. The real price hit $500 million...
The U.S. Navy commissioned its last Littoral Combat Ship in May, six months after canceling the Constellation frigate and years after gutting the Zumwalt....
Former Pentagon expert Kris Osborn examines the surprising redemption of the Littoral Combat Ship. Once criticized for its lack of blue-water survivability, the LCS...
The U.S. Navy is currently trapped in what strategic analysts call a "Doom Loop"—a self-reinforcing cycle where industrial decay, design instability, and workforce shortages...
Iran has more than 5,000 naval mines and a doctrine built around closing the Strait of Hormuz — and the U.S. Navy's only minesweeping...
Brandon J. Weichert, Senior National Security Editor at 19FortyFive, delivers a scathing post-mortem of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program. Dubbed the "Little Crappy...
Summary and Key Points: Post–Cold War U.S. Navy cuts set the stage, but today’s delays stem from a recurring pattern: unstable requirements, starting construction...